Instructor: Dr.Stephanie Keer
Office Hrs: By appointment only
E-mail:keer@rci.rutgers.edu
Website:
www.rci.rutgers.edu/~keer

Required tools:
Gravetter & Wallnau, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (6th or 7th ed.)
Publisher: Wadsworth Thomas Learning
Available at New Jersey Books; Also required is a calculator with a square-root key.

Aims of Course
To provide an introduction to statistics, including both descriptive statistics, which deals with the organization and description of sets of observations, and inferential statistics, which deals with the techniques for gaining information about a larger, unknown set of observations (a population) on the basis of information about a smaller, known set of observations (a sample). The emphasis of this course will be on computation as well as conceptual issues in statistics.  By the end of this course, you should know how to decide which statistical test is most appropriate, perform that statistical test, and interpret the results of the test.

Homework and Recitation
There will be six homework assignments.  All homework will be worth 20 points each, for a total of 120 points. The homework will consist of both computational and conceptual problems. You are responsible for handing in each homework assignment ON TIME!   Late homework will NOT be accepted.

Exams
There will be a total of two exams throughout the course of the semester. Each exam will be worth 100 points and will consist of computational and conceptual questions. The final exam will NOT be comprehensive. Thus, it is possible to earn a total of 320 points on both the homework and exams.  Your final grade will be based on a percentage of the 300 points available and if necessary, grades will be curved.  There will be NO make-up exams given. Only in the most direst of circumstances, and accompanied by documentation, will make-up exams be considered. 

Other
Attendance will not be taken in this course. Although a college-level math course is a prerequisite for this course, the skills required here are patience, attention to detail, and effort! With time, anyone should be able to do statistics.